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Archive for February, 2009
Hirst worth more dead than alive?
Posted in Art, current events, news, Toni Tiller with tags Art, damian hirst, sculpture on February 18, 2009 by Toni TillerOpening
Posted in Art, exhibits, Toni Tiller with tags Art, DC, john malloy, maryland, opening on February 17, 2009 by Toni TillerFor those of you in the DC/Maryland area artist John Malloy is having an opening for his show “One Out of A Hundred” at Art Whino Gallery, Saturday Feb. 21
The Omen Part XII: The People Versus Damien Hirst
Posted in Art, news on February 17, 2009 by jdhastingsAs a follow-up to one of d’Arte Board’s first posts, it turns out that some artists are standing up to Damien Hirst’s attempts to bully a 16 year old appropriation artist.
These artists have set up a new site, www.redragtoabull.com, designed to sell images of Hirst’s work, just as young Cartrain had.
(Thanks to the MyArtSpace blog.)
From the archives: Green Woven Pinned Scraps
Posted in abstract, Archives, Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting on February 17, 2009 by jdhastingsThis piece was started after but finished before In A Silent Way, so I don’t know which should really be called my first large scale safety pin piece.
“Green Woven Pinned Scraps” 36″ x 36″, acrylic on canvas w/ safety pins. Click to Enlarge.
Before I worked with safety pins I just wove canvases together. Sizing the strands resulted in little squares of canvas. Some personality defect prevented me Read more »
today was president’s day
Posted in art on paper, Collage, Daniel Allyn Lee on February 16, 2009 by Daniel Allyn Lee
The Gods Seemed Less Than Pleased With His Progress, a paper collage, 7″ x 9 3/4″, 2008
Links Du Lapin #13
Posted in "But Is It Art?", current events, Uncategorized with tags Art, auction, bad painting, michael jackson, Toni Tiller on February 16, 2009 by Toni TillerMichael Jackson is selling off some of his prized possessions. I’d comment on this one but I think it speaks for itself.
Thanks, Vincent
Posted in "But Is It Art?", Art, art school, Miscellaneous, performance, Tom Bennett, Uncategorized with tags "But Is It Art?", Art, art school, performance, sweden, Tom Bennett on February 15, 2009 by Tom BennettWe have to thank the romantic movement of the 19th century and characters like Vincent Van Gogh for the the collective western idea of the artist as madman. Here is a new manifestation:
“The doctoral performance art dissertation as madman.”
TB
from Ananova:
Student fakes insanity – for art project
A modern art student stunned doctors by pretending to be mad so she’d be sent to a psychiatric hospital – as part of her degree show.
Anna Odell, 35, convinced police she was psychotic after faking a suicide attempt jumping off a bridge in the Swedish capital Stockholm.
It took eight staff to restrain her at nearby St Goran’s hospital where the artist kicked, screamed and spat in nurses’ faces until she was sedated and strapped down.
But furious doctors discharged her the next morning when she told them the stunt had been part of an art project for her final degree show at Sweden’s University College of Arts.
Police are investigating complaints of assault, violence against public servants and wasting police time.
Chief physician David Eberhard said: “It’s not only disgraceful that she used our resources, but what she also did to other patients, the staff – to everyone – is shameless.
“She and the head of her college ought to cut their hair and get real jobs.”
Ms Odell insisted: “It was well thought through and no joke.”
“Beacons of Humanity”: Baghdad’s first Sadrist Art Exhibition
Posted in Art, current events, exhibits, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Art, baghdad, exhibit, Islam, Moktada al-Sadr, Sheik Mazin al-Saedi, Shiite on February 14, 2009 by ssstephgMy pal Bruce was kind enough to pass this really great NY Times article on to me. I think you all will find it very interesting, too. Thanks Bruce!
INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | February 14, 2009
A New Role for Iraqi Militants: Patrons of the Arts
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Baghdad exhibition sponsored by followers of Moktada al-Sadr
photo by Stephen Farrell
borrowed from NY Times
brief excerpt from article:
“The goal was “to show the entire world that we are not as the media portrays us, a movement that believes only in bearing arms and knows no culture other than that of violence,” Sheik Mazin said of Mr. Sadr’s movement, which is widely blamed for its part in the violence that followed the American invasion in 2003.
“The Sadr movement,” he said, “is also one that believes in ideas and encourages and patronizes the arts.”
And so Baghdad’s first Sadrist art exhibition, titled “Beacons of Humanity,” collected 80 works of art by 39 Iraqi artists and displayed them for three days on the eve of a Shiite holiday commemorating the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein, which culminates in Karbala on Monday.“
-Steph G
An Old One For Valentine’s Day (encaustic again)
Posted in Art, encaustic, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Art, encaustic, heart, Stephanie Gerolimatos, valentine, valentine's day on February 14, 2009 by ssstephghere’s a valentine for all of you. i hope you all enjoy a sickeningly saccharine day filled with grotesque amounts of everything you love!
- Steph G <3<3<3
p.s. the valentine is a detail of a real piece of art which you can see in full after the jump. and, as always, click click for the big one! xo
More Fun Than A Barrel Of Muncheys
Posted in Art, news, Painting with tags Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Edvard Munch, New York Times, news on February 13, 2009 by jdhastingsThe New York Times reviews a retrospective of the works of Edvard Munch at the Art Institute of Chicago. Read more »
Some Attention
Posted in 35mm, Art, awareness, current events, film, Interview, Jason Gray, Links, Miscellaneous, news, Photography, portrait on February 13, 2009 by Jason GrayI recently had a photograph featured in print for Shore Bride Magazine. The article features information on a client of mine who selected the image. I generally make it a practice to sneak some 35mm shots in on all of my digital shoots, and it turns out that this happened to be one of those! Who says film is dead? You can find out more information on Cynthia here, and read more from the writer here.
The Painterly Print
Posted in Art, art on paper, art school, figurative, monotype, Painting, printmaking, rice paper, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, art on paper, art school, Desert, dripping springs, figure, monotype, New Mexico, painterly print, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, White Sands on February 12, 2009 by Tom Bennettby Tom Bennett
I discovered the monotype when I was about 19 in the University of Connecticut print shop. I had been taking courses in etching and lithography and was very familiar with Edgar Degas’ figurative monochromatic monotypes and their wonderful expressive, organic essence. I picked up a zinc plate and rolled some etching ink on it and started to wipe away…. This was it! This was what I had been looking for! A direct, painterly way of printmaking, without all the long, laborious hours of acid baths and filing, reworking and etching, lifting and separating…. a single unique print. It can be sustained and considered; it can be frequently spontaneous. The process of building the image requires commitment, speed, and a willingness to adjust and change the image as it develops. There is a luminosity that builds in the layering of color, texture that forms and at times unexpected outcomes that occur as a result of the pressure from the press. Can’t get enough.
Here are two influenced by a friends visit to the New Mexican desert.
click on image for larger image
White Sands 4,2009, monotype on rice paper, 16 x 20
Dripping Springs, 2009, monotype on rives bfk, 16 x 20
Peer Press(ure)
Posted in Art, art on paper, figurative, monotype, printmaking, Toni Tiller, work on paper with tags Art, corset, monotype, printmaking, Toni Tiller on February 11, 2009 by Toni TillerLet me tell you something, making monotypes is a pain in the ass, and it’s a testament to the skill of my d’Arte Board co-author Tom Bennett that his finished pieces make it look so easy. He encouraged me to give it a try a long time ago and I was so frustrated that I was nearly in tears and all I had to show for it was a piece of plexiglass I had put ink down on and ended up wiping off about a half dozen times. After that I was little gun shy but with some consistent persuasion I gave it another shot. This time there was less crying but more swearing, and the first piece ended up in the bin, but it was OK because at least I finished it. Sometimes you just have to finish something, like it or not, and I am glad I did because I am much happier with the one I did after that.
Gustav Klimt: 2008 Dancehall Remix
Posted in Art, art on paper, Collage, Interview, work on paper with tags Art, Collage, Gustav Klimt, J.D. Hastings on February 10, 2009 by jdhastingsKlimt used a lot of abstract patterns to assist in his representational paintngs. I decided to use Klimt’s representational paintings to make some abstract patterns. Thus the cosmic balance has been restored.
Click on them for a bigger view. Each of these is about 14″ inches wide, I think. They are physical collages of posters.
Four more after the jump!
Grand Plans
Posted in Collage, Daniel Allyn Lee, digital with tags Collage, digital, Drawing on February 9, 2009 by Daniel Allyn LeeI’m not sure I would call this a finished piece, but its fun so I thought I’d share it.
Grand Plans, digital collage, 10″x7″, 2009
*click for closer view.
Links Du Lapin #12
Posted in Art, Drawing, Links, Toni Tiller with tags Art, Drawing, games, Toni Tiller, toy, voice activated on February 8, 2009 by Toni TillerYet another fun little drawing toy, this one is voice activated. Yell at your computer, tell it all your secrets, or maybe turn up your favorite music and see what happens.
-Toni “bunnie” Tiller
Art To Go
Posted in Art, encaustic, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Art, encaustic, steph gerolimatos on February 8, 2009 by ssstephg
I made these little encaustic bonbons a while ago. Now they’re all wrapped up and ready for delivery to their new home. Each one is maybe almost 2 x 2 inches, encaustic on panel. You can see a larger pic of them altogether after the jump. Read more »
By The Way, Have You Met Thumbman?
Posted in "But Is It Art?", Miscellaneous, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags awesome, humor, steph gerolimatos, stephen fry, thumbman, twitter on February 7, 2009 by ssstephg
*clickclick*
Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography Is a Gem! Bozic, Sacabo & Finlay
Posted in museum, Photography, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Colin Finlay, Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Josephine Sacabo, steph gerolimatos, Susan Bozic on February 6, 2009 by ssstephgall images borrowed from the Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography website
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Last month, I saw three exhibits at the Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. It was my first visit to the institution and I wasn’t familiar with any of the photographers so I didn’t know what to expect. Turners Falls is a tiny little town, and the few times I’ve been there, it didn’t seem to have a whole lot going on. Although cute and obviously ripe with possibility, it struck me as yet another sadly depressed former mill town. So I was happily surprised when both the space and the artwork were much more impressive than I’d imagined.
The museum is inconspicuously tucked into two separate buildings on opposite sides of the street. The one we entered first Read more »
Atomic White Sands
Posted in Art, art on paper, figurative, monotype, printmaking, rice paper, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, atomic bomb, figure, monotype, paper, rice paper, Tom Bennett, White Sands on February 6, 2009 by Tom Bennettby Tom Bennett
White Sands is a 275 square mile gypsum dune field in the desert.
The Trinity site was where the first atomic detonation was tested. It is now the White Sands missile range.
White Sands 1
2009, monotype on rice paper, 12″ x 18″
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